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LAYINO ON OF HANDS. That mother's heart went quick!/ up— That mother's hand went down; Tfor he wa3 placed exactly ri ti ht To feel a parent's frown ; And she did smite bim hip and thigh, She did the joh up brown. { His inclination then she changed To forty-five degreesHe saw the stars from heaven fall, Fierce lightning smote the trees, . And travelled up and down his spine I Along with swarms of bees. The thought of that wrecked rocking chair Nerved up her hand once more, And such a " laying on of hands " I That boy ne'er had before. Whilst he yelled, " Mother ! I'll bo good, And won't do bo no more." BANK OP NEW SOUTH WALES. Kftry-ninth report of The Bn.uk of Now South Wales to tho Half-yearly General Meatins Of the Proprietors, held at the Chief Banking: House, on Friday, tho 30th day of April, The directors have the pleasure to submit to 9 proprietors a statement of the aaeets «.,! _Jxlities of the Bank on the 31st ultimo, i the auditors' report and declaration. The not profits for the half-year, after deducting rebate on current bills, interest on deposits, -providing for bad and doubtfnl debt?, and reducing valuation " Bank premises, amount to.. 90,10t* I.J » jririch is to be added—Undivided balance from last halfyear -.- *».<"- 14 x Giving for distribution ... Which the directors recommend to bs appropriated as follows—- £ s. d. To payment of dividand at the rate of 15 per cent, per annum ... 75,000 • 0 To bonus at tho rate of 2£ per SSL 1 "' ": 12,503 0 0 To augmentation of the re- „ —efund... 10,600 0 0 99,503 7 10 lied to "proSi and loss," «ew account. 2,003 710 ? With the above appropriation the reserve land will amount to £190,000. . The bu3ise3s of the Mi'.awa branch, in the colony of Viotoria, i 3 now being conducted by the braneh at Wangaratta. The dividend will be payable at the head ofiice to-morrow, and at the branches on receipt of For 1 and on behalf of the Board f f Directors, Thomas Walkee, President. Aggregate balance-sheet of the Bank of New South Wales, March 3lst, 1880 (including London branch to 31st December, 1879, and New Zealand branches to Ist March, 1880): _ . T>r £ s. d. To Bank stock 1,000,000 0 0 ~ Beserve fund 430,000 0 0 „ Notes in circulation ... v v ~ Bills payable 1,645,449 14 5 „ Deposits and other liabiliHns 9,661,460 9 9 „ Profit and'loss 116,642 B_o XJT. By coin and cash balances ... „ Bullion in hand and in transit to London „ Government sureties „ Notes of other Banks ... „ Bank premises ... „ Bills receivable, bills discounted, and other debts due t» the Bank ~ Insurance account .. 4,395,474 4 5 [ 219,343 19 8 180.000 0 0 8,410 0 0 312,620 14 5 i- ,.. 8,440,144 11 8 3,882 2 0 .£13,559,875 12 2 PBOFIT AND I.OSS, March 3lßt, 1880. 1880. ■* B « «• March 31. To rebate (at current rates) on bills discounted not due at this date 17,139 0 2 ~ Dividend at the rate of 15 per cent, per annum 75,000 0 0 ~ Bonus at the rate of 2£ per cent. per annum ... 12,500 0 0 Augmentation of thereservefund 10,000 0 0 „ Balance carried to "Profit and Loss," new account 2 - 003 7 10 £116,642 8 0 Cr. 1879. , L Sept. 30. By amount from last account 18S0. March 31. Balance of halfyear's profits after providing for bad and doubtful debts, and including recoveries from debts previously written off as bad 113,269 13 11 BSBEEVB FUND, March 31st, 1880. Dr. ■" 1880. ' March 31. To balance 490,000 00 £490,000 0 0 Cr. 1879. - September 30. By balance ... 480,000 0 0 1880. March 31. „ Amount from profit and loss ... 10.000 0 0 £190,000 0 0 Audited, 29th April, 1880. •ATJDITOBS' BEPOBT. We have examined the annexed balance sh»et, made up to '3lst March, ISBO, and report that •we find the several items therein stated to conform to the balances in the general ledger, and the balance sheets of the respective branches and agencies of the Bank collectively. We have counted the cash balance, and examined the bills and other securities held by the Bank at the head ofiice, in Sydney, on the 3ist March last, and hereby certify that we have found them correct. The cash, bills, and other securities held at the branch Banks and agencies in Now South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia, on the 31st ultimo, in New Zealand on the Ist ultimo, and in Queensland on the customary dates, have been certified to as being correct by the usual documents. Jambs H. Nealb 7 . „ ditora J. 8. Habbison ; AudlWra - Bank of New South Wales, 29th April, 1880. DSCLABATION. We, James Henry Neale and James Start Harrison ef Sydney, in the colony of New South Wales, Esqrs., being duly elected Auditors of the Accounts of the Corporation of the Bank of New South Wales, do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare that the foregoing Report and Statement of Accounts are, to the best of our .several andrespective knowledge and belief, a just, true, and faithful Report and Statement of the Accounts and affairs of the said Corporation, and that this Declaration is made by us after diligent and careful .examination into the state of such Accounts and affairs, as far &s the same have coma within our cognizance; end we do severally and respectively make this declaration, conscientiously believing the same to .be true, and by jrirtse of an Act of the Governor and Legislative Council of the Colony of New South Wales, passed in the fourteenth year of Her present Majesty 'Queen Victoria, intituled An Act to Incorporate the Proprietors of a certain Banking Company, called the Bank of Mew South Wales, aad for other purpose) therein mentioned. Jamkb H. Heals,') »_*;»__« J. 8. Harbison. J Auditors. Declared before, this 29th day of April, 1880. John S. Jamieson, J.P. i A young lady who came in last week to advertise for kitchen help, said, with a sigh and a wring of her dainty gloved hands, " Oh ! I do hope weM get one soon, for it does almost; break my heart to see mother wash -dishes, with her rheumatism, too." Life assurance is now strongly recommended Dy all thoughtful men. Besides being in itself a provident step, it leads to a provident life in other ways.